Improved wfunging-machine



UNITED STATES CHARLES II. AMIDON, OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED`WRINGINGMACHINE Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. f3 7,079, dated April 4, 1865.

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. AMiDoN. of Greenfield, in the county ofFranklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement on Vringing and Washing Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the.annexed drawings, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figurelis a perspective view of the ma chine with the improvement attached.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the machine. Fig. 3 is anend view ofthe same, showing a side view of the improvement.

WVringing or Washing machines are generally constructed with thebearings ot' one roller placed in movable boxes, which are free to riseand fall as a thick or thin body passes bctween the rollers. Some areconstructed with Others the shaft of each roller and one or moreattached to the frame-work of the machine.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,l will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

P and l)l are Wheels of the same size and shape, one of which isattached to the end or roller D and one to roller B. )t is a wheelattached to the frame-work ot' the machine. S is an endless chain orbelt that passes round the three Wheels above named. The Wheels P and Pare constructed ith cogs, that fit exactly to the endless chain S andprevent all slipping` ofthe same. By this construction anl arrangement,however far roller D may be carried or pressed from roller B, both turnat the same time and With the saine rapidity, and the pressure or strainis divided equally between the two.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The endless chain S, in combination with the Wheel P ll and Wheel R,with the rollers D and B, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In presence of- CHARLES II. AMIDON.

AUSTIN DE WOLF, Jas. H. LAMB.

